Disklavier

--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, James Fry <groups@...> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:15 AM, scruffy93063 <scruffy93063@...> wrote:
> > I just recently saw on EBay the new drives that are designed to go into a floppy drive slot on a computer. �They are actually a USB port that is for a memory stick. �I hesitate to spend the $75 or so if the software is not compatible with the Yamaha software. �I have looked for something like this for quite a while and it has recently become available. �I am quite attached to my Clavinova 209 and did not want to replace it just for ease of file transfer. �Does anyone in the group have experience with this?
> >
> > Beth
> 
> I'm not sure what you are asking; I have a device in my computer that
> gives me USB slots, memory card slots etc. in place of a floppy drive,
> and I use a USB floppy drive most of the time if I need one (though it
> doesn't cover all uses).
> 
> Are you referring to this kind of device:
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/720kb-2DD-Floppy-Emulator-Yamaha-Clavinova-CVP-/180649534795?pt=PCC_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2a0f8d254b#ht_2258wt_907
> 
> and whether that can be safely used as a replacement in your
> Clavinova? Based on the advertisement I would say yes, as long as you
> only need 720kb disk emulation (not sure whether you can use high
> density 1.44mb disks in that Clavinova - my disklavier certainly can).
> 
> Regards
> 
> James

I think I found the same thing here:  http://www.floppytousb.net/

And, according to that webpage, the device also emulates a 1.44MB floppy.  Looks pretty cool for those who can't/don't want to upgrade to the DKC-850.